I personally don't use this app...and wouldn't considering Facebook's past problems with privacy. This article only highlights that for me.

As for the app itself....I think the "furor" over it is absurd. Everyone has sex. Everyone enjoys sex. It's 2013...and high time we get over the taboo that sex is...fun. It is fun. It's healthy. It's natural. It's not immoral or wrong or dirty. It's part of what it means to be human.

I find the puritanical reaction to apps like this, and modern sexuality in general, to be pretty absurd. It's interesting that the people who tend to engage in immoral sexual behavior(rape, abuse, pedophilia, affairs) tend to be the very people who are uptight about sex or who rail against the sexual deviance of other people...anyone but themselves. Naturally, when you restrict healthy sexual activity, you get instances of sexual deviance. A perfect case is prison. When you restrict sexual life, straight men will end up raping other men. Same with the Catholic church. When you restrict sexual life, supposedly "moral" priests end up raping whoever is close by and vulnerable...alter boys and girls...children.

Our modern society has such an unhealthy attitude toward sex. We're one of the most uptight Western nations when it comes to sex, yet we also have the highest rates of rape, adultery, pedophilia, STDs, and abortions. European nations with much more relaxed sexual values, have much much lower rates of all those problems.

Luckily, I think the younger generations are getting the message and losing all faith in the old way of living life. People are sick and tired of listening to 50 year old virgins dressed in silly costumes telling them that certain sexual behavior is immoral in the eyes of a god. People are becoming too aware and intelligent AND moral to take that nonsense seriously anymore. And it's about time.

10:24 pm May 11, 2013

just curious Sean wrote:

what restriction of adult sexual expression are you referring to?

10:38 pm May 11, 2013

Amazed wrote:

Sean, your opinions and the opinions of your friends are just that. You would do best to spend some time researching facts before you go off another, similar tirade. Don't be embarrassed; the young and inexperienced have been believing and regurgitating the same ideas (under the false assumption that they're new and novel ideas) for generations.

10:42 pm May 11, 2013

Jesse wrote:

Sean: Casual sex certainly is not "healthy". Think about it: about 1/3 of Americans have an STD. When you narrow it down to young sexually active people you are surely over 1/2.

Now you go around "banging" other people who "bang" whoever they feel like what do you think happens?

Now you've got incurable genital warts, incurable herpes, and maybe the new superbug gonorrhea which is being described as "worse than aids"

Want healthy sexual fulfillment? You need a loving single (and tested) partner you can trust, or else a bottle of astro glide and a locked door.

I'm sure in a few years there will be an app that is tied to an STD testing service. And in a few more years you will see handheld devices for on-the-spot testing. Technology will bring on a sexual revolution and I have no problem with that. For me there is no moral issue just a health issue here.

11:04 pm May 11, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

Christians aren't against sex, Sean. Sex is one of God's best gifts to us. But all the diseases and hurtful deviances are not what He gave to us. Godly lovemaking involves far more giving than taking, and it never involves telling details to the world. As for the "immoral" part, did you know the word "immoral" originally meant "selfish"? Puts it a little different light, don't it?

11:06 pm May 11, 2013

?? wrote:

What about the butt?

11:10 pm May 11, 2013

BigLocalNews . com wrote:

Sean,

You are an idiot.

11:53 pm May 11, 2013

James wrote:

How about a "Spread the Disease" app??? No wonder syphilis and gonorrhea have gone drug resistant! Sooner of later if you engage is this kind of risky behavour it's going to come home to you.

12:03 am May 12, 2013

Jack wrote:

I have been married to the same woman for 18 years, our sex life is better now than ever. I can't imagine having sex with random women and they have no idea what I like nor I what they like.

Shame this generation doesn't see a value in loyalty.

12:11 am May 12, 2013

Jeff wrote:

"We take privacy very seriously at Bang With Friends..." Of course they do! They sound like a very reputable company!

1:31 am May 12, 2013

brodave60 wrote:

In Obama's world there is no privacy. They spy on innocent Citizens to gain an edge and to punish those that do not bow down to them.

Be aware and be prepared. We the People are being forced, to once again, fight for our our God given freedoms.

1:50 am May 12, 2013

Truther wrote:

"Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God" - 1 Corinthians 6

2:04 am May 12, 2013

LBA wrote:

I am really saddened by all of the bible thumpers on here who couldnt get laid in high school so now they are judging everyone that can.

4:32 am May 12, 2013

HAHAHA wrote:

Catch AIDS die soon
L O L

4:58 am May 12, 2013

Not so private wrote:

Maybe they could rename the App:

Bang With Friends And Share With Strangers

5:21 am May 12, 2013

ESSDEE wrote:

If it gets onto a machine, it's there and with enough effort someone can get to it. If you put it on someone else's server, they own it and can share it with whomever they choose. Everything you do online and via email or phone is already being recorded and archived, just add this to the list.

There is no such thing as secure electronic communication, period. Everything you do or say online or over the phone, or through email is essentially public, so think before speaking, posting, writing, doing.

It would be hilarious if some dufusses ended up hooking up anon. with their mommas. hahaha

5:09 pm May 12, 2013

John_M_B wrote:

Isn't there something illegal going on here? How about contributing to the delinquency of a minor? If they are "sexting". isn't that distribution of illegal images of minors in sexually explicit material? Its good to see that the makers of this app have a good moral and ethical compass though. I mean they've stated they are "serious" about security and protecting their app users

5:21 pm May 12, 2013

Dave wrote:

All you need now is a pair of Google Glasses and a local bar.

7:47 pm May 12, 2013

Bizmarkee wrote:

“We take privacy very seriously at Bang With Friends..." lol.

12:24 am May 13, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

FB is lethal poison!!!

2:55 pm May 13, 2013

BurghConservative wrote:

What if they called it "STD with Friends?" Would there no objections to THAT?

And exactly how do you tell a friend you want to "bang" with them and not poison the "friendship" - either before or after?

4:10 pm May 13, 2013

Luis wrote:

Couldn't agree with you more Sean!!!!

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